Table 3.

Proportion of Non-hospital-based Primary Care Visits Addressing Specific Clinical Items

Clinical items	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	P Value*
Diagnoses (%):										<0.001
0 Diagnoses	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1
1 Diagnosis	50	47	41	44	42	39	37	38	37
2 Diagnoses	28	27	29	28	28	29	28	27	27
3 Diagnoses	21	26	29	26	29	30	33	35	35
Medications (%):										<0.001
0 Medications	24	21	21	22	26	23	21	22	16
1 Medication	30	28	26	27	25	26	26	26	21
2 Medications	21	20	21	20	17	19	19	17	17
3 Medications	10	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	12
4 Medications	6	7	8	8	6	6	7	6	8
5 Medications	4%	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	6
≥6 Medications	5	7	8	8	12	10	12	13	19
Blood pressure (%)	78	73	76	76	80	78	87	86	94	<0.001
Urinalysis (%)	12	11	10	10	8	12	10	10	8	0.02
EKG (%)	5	5	5	5	4	7	5	4	6	0.28
X-ray (%)	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	0.45
Mammogram (%)	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	0.56
Other imaging (%)	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	6	<0.001
Pap smear (%)	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	<0.01
Hematocrit/hemoglob. (%)	8	7	8	8	14	16	16	14	19	<0.001
Cholesterol (%)	8	8	8	11	10	11	15	15	17	<0.001
PSA (%)	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	0.07
Other blood work (%)	19	20	24	22	21	20	22	22	26	0.03
Diet counseling (%)	22	22	21	21	16	22	20	21	21	0.28
Exercise counseling (%)	16	15	16	16	10	15	15	13	16	0.24
Mental health counseling (%)	5	5	5	5	4	6	5	5	6	0.31
Tobacco counseling (%)	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	5	0.13
Physical therapy (%)	2	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	0.11

Abbreviations: PSA: prostate-specific antigen; EKG: electrocardiogram resonance imaging

*P value based on chi-square test of variable by year